Women's Studies Program
The 1997-98 University of Montana Catalog

G. G. Weix (Assistant Professor, Anthropology), Director

Women's Studies, as an interdisciplinary academic discipline, focuses on women's experience in the analysis of human culture, examines the contributions and status of women, and explores the dynamics of sex roles and gender ideals past and present. The curriculum provides options for studying women's cultural, historical, and contemporary lives through a range of courses crosslisted with other departments, such as anthropology, communication studies, English, foreign languages and literatures, history, Native American studies, philosophy, psychology, sociology and others. Women's Studies explore topics such as the experience of women and gender relations in various periods of history and cultures; women and artistic expressions; the impact of race, ethnicity, class, age, and sexual orientation on women's lives; sex roles and differences in political, economic, legal, and social status; and biological, sociological and psychological influences on women and gender.

The program is administered by the director in consultation with the Women's Studies Steering Committee, an interdisciplinary group of faculty with teaching and research interests in women. Students may choose an emphasis in Women's Studies within the Liberal Studies major (see Liberal Studies). To be admitted to the program, students register with the Women's Studies advisor, who will explain emphasis requirements and supervise their program. The following requirements must be met (not necessarily in sequence):

  1. Completion of Liberal Studies core curriculum.

  2. Completion of Phil 109H.

  3. A minimum of 32 credits of course work in relevant, advisor-approved courses numbered above 299. At least 18 of those credits must be from Group I, "focus" courses; the other 14 credits may be from Group II, "significant content" courses. Each semester a list of cognate "focus" and "content" courses is published at pre-registration by the Women's Studies program office, LA 138A, 243-2584. Typical choices are listed below, but may vary from year to year.

Group I: Focus Courses

    Anth 327S Anthropology of Gender

    Art 405H Women Artists and Art History

    Biol 495* Gender and Science

    Comm 380 Gender and Communication

    Comm 495* Seminar in Feminist Rhetoric

    Enlt 321-324* Women's Literature

    Enlt 422* Theoretical Approaches to Women's Literature

    Enlt 430* Studies in Comparative Wormen's Literature

    Fren 495* French Women in Writing

    Hist/LS 370H Women in America: to the Civil War

    Hist/LS 371H Women in America: Civil War to the Present

    Hist 495* Special Topics: Women in History

    LS 330L Classics by Women Writers

    LS/FLLG 395* Women in Antiquity

    LS 461*/Enlt 421* Feminist Criticism

    Mgmt 495* Women and Business

    NAS 342H Native American Women

    Phil 429E Feminist Ethics

    Phil/EVST 504* Ecofeminism

    PSc 395* Women's Human Rights: International and Comparative Perspectives

    Psyc 355 Psychology of Sex Roles

    RS 370* Mysticism: Women Mystics

    SW 395* Domestic Violence; Women and the Politics of Welfare; Women and Social Action in the Americas

    Soc 475 Gender, Economy and Social Change

Group II: Content Courses

    AAS 325 Sexism and Racism

    AAS 326 Violence and Nonviolence in Human Relationships

    AAS 327 African American Family

    Anth 330H Peoples and Cultures of the World

    Anth 340H Cultures of Asia

    Anth 430 Social Anthropology

    Dan 334 20th Century Dance

    Enlt 301* Applied Literary Criticism

    Enlt 321-324* Literature (with content on women)

    Enlt/NAS 329 Native American Literature

    Enlt 395* Gay and Lesbian Literature

    Fren 311L French Literature: Medieval, Renaissance, and 17th Century

    Germ 441 19th Century German Literature

    Hist 300 The Historian's Craft

    Hist 387 Iran Between Two Revolutions

    Hist 388H Women and Ethnic Minorities in the Middle East

    Hist 394 Modernity and Identity in Latin America

    Hist 395* Families in Early America

    LS 395* Lesbian and Gay Studies

    LS461/Enlt 421* 20th Century Critical Theory

    Phil 477 Philosophy of Society and Culture

    Phil 501* Challenges to the Authority of Science

    Phil 502 Philosophy of Law

    PSc 343 Politics of Social Movements

    PSc 355 Politics and Culture

    Psyc 385 Psychology of Family Violence

    SW 410E Ethics and the Helping Professions

    Soc 322 Sociology of Poverty

    Soc 324 Family and Deviant Behavior

    Soc 370SSociology of International Development

    Soc/For 424 Social Forestry

    Soc 470 Society and Environment

*These are generic courses. The specific course focus must be on women, as listed here. Check with the Women's Studies director before enrolling.

Other courses not listed here may be applied toward the emphasis if approved by the Women's Studies director.

Women's Studies Steering Committee

    Professors

      Betsy Bach, Ph.D., University of Washington, 1985 (Communication Studies)

      Mary Birch, M.S.W., Columbia University, 1966 (Social Work)

      Bari Burke, J.D., University of California, Davis, 1979 (Law)

      Juliette Crump, M.A., George Washington University, 1975 (Dance)

      Maureen Curnow, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 1975 (French)

      Lynne Koester, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1976 (Psychology)

      Kay Unger, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 1974 (Economics)

      Katherine Weist, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1970 (Anthropology)

      Lois Welch, Ph.D., Occidental College, 1966 (English)

    Associate Professors

      Jill Belsky, Ph.D., Cornell University, 1991 (Sociology)

      Christine Fiore, Ph.D., University of Rhode Island, 1990 (Psychology)

      Linda Rutland Gillison, Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1975 (Classics and Liberal Studies, Visiting)

      Jocelyn Siler, M.F.A., The University of Montana, 1977 (English)

      Deborah Slicer, Ph.D., University of Virginia, 1989 (Philosophy)

      Rita Sommers-Flanagan, Ph.D., The University of Montana, 1989 (Educational Leadership)

    Assistant Professors

      Elizabeth Ametsbichler, Ph.D., University of Maryland at College Park, 1992 (German)

      Barbara Andrew, Ph.D. State University of New York at Stonybrook, 1997 (Liberal Studies/Philosophy)

      Virginia Carmichael, Ph.D., Rice University, 1991 (English)

      Janet Finn, Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1995 (Social Work)

      Sara Hayden, Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1993 (Communication Studies)

      Anya Jabour, Ph.D., Rice University, 1995 (History)

      Veronica Stewart, Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1990 (English)

      Pamela Voekel, Ph.D., University of Texas, 1997 (History)

      Jennifer Waltz, University of Washington, 1993 (Psychology)

      G.G. Weix, Ph.D., Cornell University, 1990 (Anthropology)

    Instructor

      Judith Johnson, M.F.A., The University of Montana, 1990 (Liberal Studies, Visiting)


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